HARTFORD — Minor league sports franchises have come and gone in Hartford, but the city's American Hockey League franchise is still chugging along at the XL Center. In 2016, Hartford will get a new minor league sports team when the Eastern League's New Britain Rock Cats move into a new downtown stadium. For the people who run the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack, a new franchise is less about competition and more about broadening the fan base in Greater Hartford. If the baseball team can attract new fans to Hartford, there could be more potential customers for the hockey team. "That's the approach we're taking," said Chris Lawrence, who runs the XL Center...

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